health council of canada

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The 2004 federal-provincial health accord recently completed its 10-year run, and expired on schedule. Though heralded at the time of its signing as a landmark agreement that would solve many of the wait times issues plaguing Canada's healthcare system, in retrospect it achieved very little and was very expensive to boot.


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It has been one month since the federal election, and discussions about health care reform—never prominent during the election—seem to be even further away from the public spotlight. Nonetheless, some are trying to get their “remedies” noticed. The usual suspects like the Health Council of Canada—made up of councilors appointed by the federal, provincial, and territorial governments—have put forward their recommendations for improving Canada’s health care system.